Education and Training

Recommended Books

J. Dirksen, Design for How People Learn, Berkeley, CA: New Riders, 2012.

This book covers:

Using fundamental concepts of learning design to make you a better learner.

Attracting and maintaining your audience’s attention.

Effectively communicating your knowledge to others.

Making learning "sticky."

C. Wick, R. Pollock, A. Jefferson and R. Flanagan, The Six Diciplines of Breakthrough Learning: How to Turn Training and Development Into Business Results, San Francisco, CA: John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2006.

Advice for bridging the “learning-doing” gap.

How to define training outcomes in business terms.

An innovative approach that accelerates the transfer and application of corporate training.